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Bolles, Lemuel (January 6, 1922). "The Nine Commandments: An Address to Newly-Elected Post Officers". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 1. New York City: The American Legion. p. 11. OCLC 622734470 – via Internet Archive. ... he is now a National Vice-Commander of The American Legion, and his department, Vermont, is second in the list of States in proportion of Legionnaires to number of men contributed to the service.

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McFarland, Keith D. & Roll, David L. (2005). Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-253-34626-1. OCLC 1023102538. OL 22709936M.

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	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Sherman Adams	World War I Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Spiro Agnew	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
Harold Arthur	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Gene Autry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Perry Belmont	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Humphrey Bogart	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^[2]
Hale Boggs	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
John Breckinridge	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Maurice Britt	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Harold Burton	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
George Bush	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[3]
George Bush	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[4]
Prescott Bush	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[5]
Red Buttons	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Richard Byrd	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Jimmy Carter	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[6]
John Chafee	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Francis Cherry	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Bennett Clark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[7]
Max Cleland	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Tom Cotton	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Army	^[8]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Tom Daschle	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[9]
Charles Dawes	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[10]
Cecil DeMille	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Everett Dirksen	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[11]
Bob Dole	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[12]
William Donovan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[13]

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Dwight Eisenhower	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
	Sam Ervin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

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List of members of the American Legion

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	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Orval Faubus	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Mark Ferguson III	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[14]
Hamilton Fish, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[7]
Hamilton Fish IV	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Jim Folsom	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Gerald Ford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[15]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Clark Gable	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[16]
William Gardiner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Gleason, Jr.	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[17]
Albert Gore, Jr.	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Greenway	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[18]
Warren Grimm	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charlton Heston	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Luther Hodges	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Hoeppel	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Ernest Hollings	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Jon Huertas	Gulf War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[2]^[19]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dr. Nelson Jackson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[20]
Douglas Jacobson	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Joseph Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Louis Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[21]
Lyndon Johnson	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Royal Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[22]

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	John Kennedy	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
	Frank Knox	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[23]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Luke Lea	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[13]
Stan Lee	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Henry Lindsley	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[13]
John Lodge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[24]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charles Mabey	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Douglas MacArthur	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[25]
Edward Martin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John McCloy	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Stewart McKinney	Korean War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[citation needed]}
James McKnight	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[26]
Sid McMath	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[27]
Adolphe Menjou	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Ron Meyer	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[28]
Thomas Miller	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[29]
Billy Mitchell	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[30]
Walter Mondale	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^[31]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
George Patton, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[32]
Claude Pepper	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Pershing	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[25]
Mike Pompeo	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[33]
Mortimer Proctor	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Ronald Reagan	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Scott Richardson	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[34]
Stanley Reed	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Eddie Rickenbacker	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[25]
Rob Riggle	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[35]
Pierre Robineau	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[36]
Gene Roddenberry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[37]
Mickey Rooney	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Richard Russell, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Fernand St Germain	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Leverett Saltonstall	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
John Schmitz	Korean War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[citation needed]}
Robert Stafford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Lloyd Stark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[38]
John Stelle	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[39]
Jimmy Stewart	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[40]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Herman Talmadge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
John Thomas Taylor	World War I Era World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[41]
John Tower	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[citation needed]}
Harry Truman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[42]
Roscoe Turner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[43]

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dick Van Dyke	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[44]
Blake Van Leer	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[45]
Harry Vaughan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
John Warner	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[18]
George White	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[46]
Richard Wigglesworth	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Larry Wilcox	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[18]
Hosea Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Woodrow Wilson	World War I Era	Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States	^[47]
Woody Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[48]
Leonard Wood	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[49]
Samuel Woodfill	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[citation needed]}
Harry Woodring	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[50]